The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has withdrawn from taking part in Friday’s re-scheduled governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State.

Ojudu, who announced his decision to withdraw during a press conference in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday, however said he was not stepping down for any of the remaining 32 aspirants.

He said  he did not want to be associated with a mess similar to what happened in the inconclusive APC governorship primary held on Saturday, May 5.

His words: “From what happened since May 5 to date, it goes without saying this is an unfair contest where the National Working Committee  chairman has clearly demonstrated that he does not care what happens to our dear party now and in the interest of the future.

“We saw a chairman who has conspired with one of the aspirants in the race to unleash mayhem on others, wreak havoc and violence on ordinary citizens and exposed the state to great embarrassment on national television.

“We saw an aspirant so unpopular to the extent that delegates called him unprintable names at the voting arena now being imposed on our people, not minding if this means we lose this state forever.”

He added that although he was on a mission to give a new lease of life to Ekiti and its people, he would continue to work towards ensuring that the APC is not left in the hands of desperate men who feed on monetary inducements and undermine their own party.